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Senate

Michaelia Cash

Senator for Western Australia

Liberal Party of Australia · LIB

Federal parliamentary service18 years 3 month(s) and 28 days.Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026
Current ministry / shadow entries3Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.

Parliamentary service

First entered federal Parliament: 1 July 2008.

Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.

  1. 1 July 2022 – CurrentSenate

    Re-elected 2022

  2. 2 July 2016 – 30 June 2022Senate

    Re-elected 2016

  3. 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2016Senate

    Re-elected 2013

  4. 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2014Senate

    Elected to the Senate for Western Australia 2007.

Current responsibilities

Ministry and shadow ministry

  • Shadow Cabinet Minister5 June 2022 – CurrentTaylor Shadow Ministry
  • Leader of the Opposition in the Senate25 Jan 2025 – CurrentTaylor Shadow Ministry
  • Shadow Attorney-General17 Feb 2026 – CurrentTaylor Shadow Ministry

Parliamentary and party offices

No additional current parliamentary or party office is recorded in this import.

These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.

Background before Parliament

Qualifications recorded by Parliament

  • Bachelor of Arts, Curtin University of Technology
  • Bachelor of Laws Honours, University of London
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Western Australia

Occupations recorded by Parliament

  • Solicitor (Senior Associate) at Freehills from 1999 to 2008.

Appointment history

View 23 dated office and portfolio entries
  • Shadow Attorney-General17 Feb 2026 – Current
  • Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs28 May 2025 – 17 Feb 2026
  • Leader of the Opposition in the Senate25 Jan 2025 – Current
  • Shadow Attorney-General18 Apr 2023 – 28 May 2025
  • Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations5 June 2022 – 28 May 2025
  • Shadow Cabinet Minister5 June 2022 – Current
  • Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate30 May 2022 – 25 Jan 2025
  • Attorney-General30 Mar 2021 – 23 May 2022
  • Minister for Industrial Relations30 Mar 2021 – 23 May 2022
  • Deputy Leader of Government in the Senate30 Oct 2020 – 21 May 2022
  • Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business29 May 2019 – 30 Mar 2021
  • Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education28 Aug 2018 – 29 May 2019
  • Minister for Jobs and Innovation20 Dec 2017 – 28 Aug 2018
  • Minister for Employment21 Sept 2015 – 20 Dec 2017
  • Minister for Women21 Sept 2015 – 20 Dec 2017
  • Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service21 Sept 2015 – 20 Dec 2017
  • Cabinet Minister21 Sept 2015 – 23 May 2022
  • Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection18 Sept 2013 – 21 Sept 2015
  • Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women18 Sept 2013 – 21 Sept 2015
  • Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate19 Sept 2012 – 5 Aug 2013
  • Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration14 Sept 2010 – 18 Sept 2013
  • Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women14 Sept 2010 – 18 Sept 2013
  • Temporary Chair of Committees2 Feb 2010 – 28 Sept 2010